# Fame.am profile — machine-readable export
# Canonical URL: https://fame.am/person/rudolf-von-bunau
# Generated: 2026-08-15T09:01:06.238Z

schema: https://schema.org/Person
url: "https://fame.am/person/rudolf-von-bunau"
name: "Rudolf von Bünau"
slug: "rudolf-von-bunau"
description: "Rudolf von Bünau was a German general in the Wehrmacht during World War II who commanded several corps. He was a recipient of the Knight's Cross of the Iron Cross with Oak Leaves of Nazi Germany. His son, also named Rudolf von Bünau, was awarded the Knight's Cross of the Iron Cross on 8 August 1943; he was killed in action just one week later on 15 August 1943 south of Roslavl. His other son, Günther von Bünau was also killed in action in 1943. Rudolf von Bünau would survive the war. He was interned by the Americans until April 1947. Rudolf was killed in a car crash in 1962."
tagline: "German general and Knight's Cross recipients (1890–1962)"
image: "https://upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/en/f/fc/Rudolf_von_B%C3%BCnau.jpg"
gender: "male"
country:
  name: "Germany"
  isoCode: "DE"
profileType:
  name: "Other"
  slug: "other"
birthDate: "1890-08-19"
deathDate: "1962-01-14"
livingStatus: "DECEASED"
scores:
  popularity:           47.14
  momentum:             0
  historical:           12.90039866666667
  currentAttention:     0
  sourceConfidence:     60
  profileCompleteness:  60
  trendDirection:       "FALLING"
ranks:
  global:   null
  country:  null
  category: null
sources:
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    title: "Рудольф фон Бюнау"
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    title: "Рудолф фон Бюнау"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
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    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
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    title: "Rudolf von Bünau (father)"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://es.wikipedia.org/wiki/Rudolf_von_B%C3%BCnau"
    title: "Rudolf von Bünau"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://et.wikipedia.org/wiki/Rudolf_von_B%C3%BCnau"
    title: "Rudolf von Bünau"
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  - url: "https://fr.wikipedia.org/wiki/Rudolf_von_B%C3%BCnau"
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    title: "רודולף פון בינאו"
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    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
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    title: "Rudolf von Bünau"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://ru.wikipedia.org/wiki/%D0%91%D1%8E%D0%BD%D0%B0%D1%83%2C_%D0%A0%D1%83%D0%B4%D0%BE%D0%BB%D1%8C%D1%84_%D1%84%D0%BE%D0%BD"
    title: "Бюнау, Рудольф фон"
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    title: "Rudolf von Bünau"
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    title: "Wikidata"
    type:  "WIKIDATA"

# bio (long form, separated for readability)
bio: |
  Imported from discovery source: wikidata-dump